Joseph Schildkraut (M / Austria, United States, 1896-1964), actor

Joseph Schildkraut (1896-1964) was an Austrian-born American Jewish actor. Like his father Rudolph Schildkraut, Joseph was asked to perform "distinctively Jewish" characters in biblical movies, including Judas Iscariot (1927), Herod the Great (1935), and Nicodemus (1965).

Works

Acting

• Judas Iscariot (cinema)
  • The King of Kings (1927 DeMille), feature film

• Herod the Great (cinema)
  • Cleopatra (1934 DeMille), feature film

• Nicodemus (cinema)
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965 Stevens), feature film

Related categories

• Fiction -- Cinema
• Second Temple Studies -- Historical Jesus Studies -- Christian Origins Studies

Biography

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